[f. βρόγχος BRONCHUS (see next and -IST); cf. phlebotomist.] One who performs bronchotomy; (humorously) a cut-throat.
1670. G. Thompson, True Way Preserv. Blood. I doubt not the time will come … that a Phlebotomist … will be looked upon little better than Bronchotomist, a cut-throat.
